Curator's Tank Museum Tour: Tank Story Hall - Blitzkrieg WW2 | The Tank Museum
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- Join Curator David Willey as he takes you on a tour of The Tank Museum's Tank Story Hall, which houses over 30 key vehicles from Little Willie to Challenger 2. In this section he looks at early Second World War vehicles and gives you a potted history of the Blitzkrieg.
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Because I usually just come here for the tanks, this is the first time I've heard David Willey spin together all the threads of military technology, strategy, politics and propaganda into a full scale history. He goes from Hitler and Churchill at the top right down to the .303 on the Vickers and the 20mm on the Panzer I. Well done
You can always tell a good historian by their ability to make a thematic analysis. Everyone can do facts, only a few can do themes.
I appreciate how David always says 'we' as in 'we hope you enjoyed this video'. It's never 'me', 'I' or 'myself'. He always acknowleges the team he'a part of. A wonderful gentleman whom I hope to meet one day.
Best Curator talk so far IMO. If the keep getting better like this we're really in for a treat.
This man is a talking history-book with incredible level of detail, far beyond just tanks.
Or even passing the books, as if he has been at all of those events. Even though he hasn't, like WW1.
Very interesting.
Imagine if he was actually a historian and not a professional curator.
It’s all common knowledge but he tells it very well.
@@wijk89 not really that common... in some circles - sure, but not common in general... The real problem is, that he's very inacurate... In storytelling it's irrelevant, but if someone wants to take his stories as a fact it can be really sticky situation... cause he generalises, cuts corners and straigt up makes things up to achieve some conclussions which he had predetermined.....
michal0310 Common on the continent for anybody who is remotely interested in the second world war.
However I think the story he tells is accurate indeed. I'm sure we all would be interested to know what corners he cuts and what he makes up according to you. I find what he says pretty factual.
Of course he generalizes. Everybody that wants to tell a story does that to avoid getting bogged down in an overly long meticulous quagmire of detail nobody has the stomach to listen to.
So far the Tank Museum at home has been a superb series of video lectures.
Part of me was hoping the tanks would come alive when the museum closed.
A Night at the Tank Museum: As historian David Fletcher makes his last round before closing, spooky things start to happen....
Tank Story
Rose B Jonathan knee-Trembler! Nice one.
David Fletcher did, a bit as it was.....
bert treb Sorry not clever enough.
Thank you David, always enjoy your insight and commentary. Stay healthy, we'll all get through this.
Would love to see more of these Curator's tours! 1941 onwards
David Willey, he's the best. I'm thinking I could listen to him for hours, then I realized, I have listened to him for hours and that is why I support The Tank Museum on Patreon. Thanks.
This Tank Museum content is the silver lining of the current cloud. Keep up the great work. 👍
Truely enjoyed this lesson on the 1940 blitzkrieg attack of France. It was a moment in military history that still fascinates me still today and Mr. Willey does a superb job highlighting the planning and execution of that attack. Thank you.
I could listen to these talks all day fascinating to hear
These vids always entertain me during these weird times, and keep things "normal". I always have a new one to look forward to.
More talks like this please. I know most of this but some things in this talk brought new light into some things. Thank you very much.
I could not love the museum's Matilda more if I tried. A really important vehicle, maintained through heroic efforts motivated by obvious commitment.
Fantastic work as always, purchased two of your models last week and excited to make them now.
That was absolutely fascinating. Thank you Curator. Enjoyed every minute. Keep em' coming.
Thank you , Mr Willey
Excellent discussion David.
Yes please. Another video looking at the build up in greater detail as well as the battle of Arras.
The more I learn about the Second World War the more you realize how different it could have all turned out, the odd battle here and there decided the outcome of the whole war, very interesting talk,thank you.
Your knowledge of the whole picture is amazing, this channel is far better than any TV channel, purely the way you’ve made sure that we have something to watch and learn through this period is making me really consider becoming a ‘friend of the museum’ even though I’ve only been once for about 3 hours. Hope you and the rest of the staff stay healthy and keep up the great work :)
Requesting more synopses of famous tank battles, their outcomes, what was significant, etc. Thanks for the work you're putting in.
Outstanding, amazingly comprehensive presentation on a subject I thought I already knew everything about. And you did it in 33 mins! Hat's off to you, sir!
A splendid presentation.
Great lecture on an often bypassed bit of WWII history. Thanks.
Thank you Sir, just what we needed.
Stay sound and safe 👍
What a video, more like this. I love it. DAVID WILLEY THE MAN, I was sad when the video ended, cant wait for the rest of the series
Just brilliant, please never stop posting these videos.
Interesting to listen to, as I'm re-searching the BEF as my Grandfather was in the RAF with them, he was evacuated from Cherbourg after Dunkirk..
Cogent, well presented history. I am looking forward to the coming episodes.
David is really hitting his straps now during the lock-down. Great work.
Another great talk. Looking forward to the full series.
That was an awesome video - I’m looking forward to the next one.
Highly interesting, as always. Keep it up Mr. Willey!!!
Jolly good show, can’t wait for the next.
Fantastic series. Thanks so much! Be safe!
Such an interesting talk. Thank you for doing it.
Excellent talk. Thank you. Mike.
One word David. Superb.
This is what I became a Patron for! Keep up the good work, David! :)
This was a great talk
Fantastic video can’t wait to see more and hopefully visit when all this is over
Excellent, as usual. :) Thanks.
Obviously loves tanks so much, he had to get two copies of the half track book, so it made a whole track, which is more tank like than a half track......
David Willey can drive just about ANY tank ever made and yet he keeps his toilet paper tube muzzle break in his library. Another wonderful chat. THANK YOU!
Excellent presentation. Could we have a tour of Tank Museum staff bookshelves at some point?
That was absolutely superb, more of this type of content please.
Brilliant yet again. Though I'm looking forward to David's story on poaching in Britain...
Hoped to see more of the museum but that can wait until better times. Liked the history story.
Great discussion! Thank you!
Very informative!......I was under the impression of the German advances that this was all planned and going well. Thank You
Thanks David.
6:44 fun fact: the Phoney War was also known as the "Bore War" and the "Sitzkrieg"
It was also known as *The Funny War* meaning the French took the idea of a German attack as some type of *joke* which indeed it was not.
Nor same said be true was the Occupation..
@@doolittlegeorge The french called it "drôle" de guerre. "drôle" indeed means funny but just like in english it has a double meaning being that it means both "funny" and "strange". If it were to mean just funny they would have called it "une guerre drôle" (and even then it can still mean strange). But them using "une drôle de guerre" shows that they meant "strange" and not "funny".
So if you'd want to translate if more accurately into english it would be "strange war". So it has nothing to do with them taking the idea of a german attack as a joke, because they most certainly didn't. They called it a "strange" war because eventhough war had been declared after the german invasion of poland, the men got called up for service and instead of fighting the men mostly ended up sitting on their asses waiting for the already declared war to start.
So there, another prejudice about the french in WWII that you can throw onto the pile of other unfounded WWII prejudices.
"Drôle" means playing "make believe", like children playing war with toy helmets and guns. You have fun playing so that's why you got "funny" as a meaning. Drôle de Guerre pretty much sums up as "We are pretending to be at war here".
@@capusvacans Yes, it also means "strange"; that's why the first book criticizing the campaign was "The Strange War", by Marc Bloch, famous historian, decorated WWI veteran and then captain of the logistics.
@@filipeamaral216 Sry felipe but "drole" never means "make believe", the term for that in french is "faire semblant" or "prétendre" as in "les enfants 'font semblant' (or) 'prétendent' d'être soldat" (the children pretend to be soldiers". "drôle is an adjective not a verb or noun. The funny as meaning comes simply because that is the english translation of the word (and yes even in english funny has multiple meanings). It has nothing whatsoever to do with having fun playing. I don't even know where you got that from. The soldiers didn't have fun while or pretended to dig trenches, polish shoes and peal. They were doing it and found it strange that they were at war without there being any fighting.
Maybe it would be a good time to go into detail on NBC-overpressure systems and such.. so the bored at home DIY inclined audience can get some ideas for their vehicles and shoping trips?
Love these videos.
Just a thought but could your maintenance/resto guys do one or two of these?
Thanks. Yet another great talk.
thank you David.
Very instructive. Frightening to think that the Chanel ports were in so much peril.
I would be interested to see when you are going to restore and get the A13 mk2 up and running especially with that fantastic sounding Liberty 12 engine. Can you enlighten when this may happen in a question and answer video.
you are a legend, i would give one of my legs just to sit down in ANY of your history learning about tanks, so amazing in tank history, thanks for all youre work
The crew layout in the panzer 3s/4s and the extensive use of radio's helped the Germans.
I have read that one of the major reasons the German General Staff protested Poland, then the following Western Front, and more strongly over Barbarossa was that they didn't have enough trucks. I think Albert Speer wrote in that book from his Spandau imprisonment that all through the war 3% of support for even the Panzer units was horse drawn.
Tanks, very much.
Oh I do love the tank museum
Thank you great video
very informative. Between this and the StuG III video, actual truths yet also impressive in their own ways. Outside of the myths and misinformation.
There seems to be an aspect of the "Frankreichfeldzug" that is overlooked:
The way the French led their Army.
It seems (because some officers did not "take the initiative" but rather were searching for a superior to allow them to attack the Germans)
that the French were using what i would call "Order and Execution".
I imagine that the Units at the front relayed their observations to Paris, Paris then decided what to do and relayed the orders back to the Unit.
The Problem with this is not only, as you have pointed out, that a Change in command could lead to Problems.
It also is that this sort of System depends on functioning communication.
when capiteine Charles Poilu observed the Germans doing something he would probably contact the next command post wich would relay the Information up etc.
No what happens when that command post is evacuated?
For example because a certain Erwin R. has attacked and the officers in that command post panicked?
does capiteine Charles Poilu know whom to contact? where he could reach the next link in the chain of command?
If not the entire area under the Control of said command post seizes to function. And all Information from that area to the central command is lost.
It seems from the Storys we hear About the French side of this Operation that a loss of Information is exactly what happened.
if the central command does not have Information, it cannot decide what to do, and it cannot give any effective orders.
my hypothesis would be that Rommels initial attack(wich i would classify as a "Leroy Jenkins"² -move) accidentally made one or more commandpost(s) to evacuate.
This caused an area of the front to be disconnected wich meant that the planned german attack, when it came, cut through a paralysed area in the Frontline.
The ease with wich the german advanced probably caused General Panic in the command structure so enough other command Posts evacuated to effectively Paralyse most of the French army.
The fact that Rommels initial attack was not effectively opposed seems to Point in this direction.
What does the Historian think About this idea?
²Leroy Jenkins came to questionable fame when he, playing a MMORPG, instead of waiting for his Team to be Ready, stormed the Dungeon, in wich the Mighty Dragon was waiting, shouting "LEEEROOOOY JENKINS" . Although his Team would follow with Little delay the result was forseeable.
Excellent - thank you
What about, and I can't remember the full details, didn't someone suggest they might be about to rush or a recon plane happened to be flying a mission over where they were hiding on a long road waiting to rush. The pilot reported what he'd seen and was told he must be mistaken, thats not possible. All the time the German units were sat there that could of been airbombed ended World War 2 before it fully began?
Fascinating! Thanks
Crisis in the Campaign: Rommel rushes to the heat of the action. (Guderian reportedly engaged French with MG on his command track.)
The French High command: Donkeys fit for retirement leading lions.
Don't forget: Most of the French still marched on foot (when not static).
Look at that tie. Horizontal. I want one.
Really good talk! 😊
Excellent !
Very good explanation on the invasion of France. That 20mm gun on the Panzer II looks pathetic, but you have to remember it was an auto-cannon. Several rounds fired at once has a devastating effect on soft targets. Which is what it was designed for.
Disagree here, the 2cm gun was absolutely intended for use against tanks. Remember that a lot of tanks in the early war had very little armor, like the T-26 or the British Cruisers. The specification for the Pz II was for a stopgap tank with a bigger gun than a Pz I for engaging enemy armor.
@@polygondwanaland8390 I mis-spoke. Thanx for the correction.
That fringe makes you look younger!
Part of the Blitzkrieg was also using the Ju-87 Stuka as an extremely mobile artillery platform. You need artillery to advance but usually artillery is slow to move and has to be moved carefully - when moving they can't shoot, and if they move to the wrong place they are useless. The Germans could exploit breakthroughs much better since they didn't have to rely on the regrouping of heavy artillery to anchor or consolidate an advance. The German Blitzkrieg formula really lost momentum when the Ju-87 became obsolete. Not saying it's the key, but it's something to ponder about. WWII is so much about tanks, especially the french campaign, but it's always about combined arms an the Ju-87 played a crucial part of that campaign. Not so much later in the war. That's what I'm thinking anyway.
Shame you skipped over the Polish Campaign where the initial weaknesses of German armor forces first became apparent. Though manpower casualties were relatively light, tank losses were surprisingly heavy and exposed the inadequacies of the equipment of the Panzer divisions.
Didn't their realization of some weaknesses already start with the Anschluss and the occupation of czechoslowakia?
As lot's of transport equipment broke down while just driving to the destination. So they started to revise components alreaady due to that. (Of course anything to do with real fighting could only start with poland)
nirfz You’re quite correct. Guderian writes of tail backs on the way to Vienna due to breakdowns and running out of gas.
Indeed. What happened in 1940 was the direct effect of French and British govs cease for action. They did not follow any of the 1921 nor 1939 alliance pacts with Poles. After proclaiming war with the III Reich in September of 1939, both western leaders have not moved at all. In 1945 German Marshal Wilhelm Keitel assessed (during the Nuremberg trial) "If the French and British command would launch an offensive from the west, in September we could only oppose them with illusory defense" But those are the words of outrageous Nazi beast. Yet not only this one said it out loud.
When the invasion of Poland brought Great Britain to declare war with Hitler, yet nothing happened after that, the people of London raise and shout to act and start the fight alongside the Poles.
MrKansai1 teghe The British army was small, they could only do so much. The French invaded, but they got scared.
Hmmm....the title of this post is very misleading. It's not A Curator's Tour of The Tank Museum displaying over 30 tanks. It's the Curator Standing in front of an Untidy Bookshelf and Talking For Over Half an Hour.
Good analysis David Willey !!! Blitz origining from the fast pincing, good trained infantry troops of WOI of the Germans.
looks like david has caught a bit of sun since the museum has been closed
In Britain at this time of year its rust not a tan
Two copies of Hunnicutt's Half Track on the shelf?
My only complaint and correction for this video would be your soft treatment of the French.
Dunkirk: despite risking and losing countless British lives to save as many French soldiers as possible, almost zero actually went on fighting. Most gave up and sat out the rest of the war, despite reaching England safely.
2: the French absolutely did not "fight bravely." There are always one or two examples, but the best modern analogy would be the Iraqi army circa 1991.
I was quite bored but the i saw this video uploaded
the poachers handbook on the shelf is a wonderfull read
Ok guys. Is the video quality of this quite poor for 1080p, or is it just me??? I am only asking because I have been having trouble with my graphics/display drivers recently, and in my fury, gave up on getting games to look nice and decided to watch a tank museum video. SO, is it me or is something off in this video?
Definitely my idea of home schooling :-)
14:16 it has a 47mm not a 37mm ?
Hello Mr. Willey,
thank you for your talk.
But you are also buying some "Guderian propaganda": Pz I was not a training tank; it was planned and used as a combat vehicle.
There was a special training tank based on Pz I, to train crews to use Pz Is as combat vehicles.
P. S.: Please bring back the dog!
Their tanks were pretty good for the most part besides some of the reliability and transmission problems of the later war big cats. They simply were not able to build enough to match the numbers of tanks the rest of the world was able to pump out. All things considered, they did damn good with their ultimately ABYSMAL hand they were dealt, lasting far longer than they had any right to.
As always, a super-interesting talk from the Tank Museum, but perhaps it could be a bit more about tanks and less about background war history.
Getting distracted by the books in the background... i would watch a vid where he is just showing them round :D
Knowing all that we do now, it astounds me that the BEF was as ineffective as it was. It should have been able to hold a large beachhead around the Pas de Calais, should have been able to destroy the panzer divisions even if they had slipped into the channel ports, should have been able to retreat at a leisurely pace or, indeed, to have relocated to the west or south of France to continue the fight. The success of the German attack is a lasting tribute to the power of shock effect, that bundle of psychological and systemic disruptions a big surprise can inflict on any complex organization.
@Coart Ramey: I don't think it is that astounding that a professionally trained army without fighting experience has a hard time against a battle experienced conscript army. In general i think people in countries that don't use conscription are underrating "conscript armies" in their general capabilities and uses and reasons for having them.
@Jimmy De'Souza The size of the BEF compared to the advanced panzer divisions, the quality and quantity of British equipment (especially artillery), the fact that the RAF could have projected power over a beachhead from England even without bases in France, and that the Royal Navy was uncontested at sea and could have provided a zone of naval gunfire support 15-20 miles deep. All of this underlies what Mr Willey means when he says that, in terms of sheer military power, the German army was not superior to its opponents. It won by surprise and shock effect.
@@nirfz I know of no reason to consider conscript armies inferior to volunteer armies, if that's the contrast you mean. (The German army was also professionally trained.) But neither is there evidence that conscription yields a better army, either. I am observing the same point that Mr Willey made: the victory of the German army in 1940 cannot be attributed to an overt surface factor, like the quality or quantity of men or equipment.
@@coartramey7382 The point i wanted to make is the difference in combat experience of the involved soldiers at the specific moment. And that in my opinion this was a very crucial factor. Training can not completely subtitute real world experience. Regarding the differnces between prof. and consc. armies, i might have misinterprated you then. Sorry.
The better or worse, i think depends. (The finns during the winter war would have had no chance with a small professional army compared to their already not big conscript army. During WW1 the central powers had less man power than the allies and relied heavily on conscription. That difference did not make them loose the war... Everytime a country has to go all in, a conscript army has it's benefits, while in every somewhat regionally confined conflict a prof. force is advantageous.)
Is that a surplus loo role? Behind the dog
It's a tank gun and muzzle break, go back a few vids :)
The Germans when they invaded ALWAYS went for Sedan. Repeatedly. 😮😮
Was there separate Tank Chat about Panzer IV? I cannot find one.
There isn't, unfortunately. Maybe one day!
There's a two-parter from Inside The Chieftain's Hatch.
Here is a link to the first part:
th-cam.com/video/gyMzq6j0Ly0/w-d-xo.html
the most important pice of german millatery equipment was the radio
Any attempt from the french airforce to attack the tanks?, How worried were the tankers of airpower at that period? (An in the interwars, was the airforce considered a threat to the tankers)?
i order to undermine der Fuhrer and his military prowess, this guy actually said that Hitler denied Army from waging war, i.e. der Fuhrer actually wanted to avoid war; well we know that but the reason that you are giving is wrong.
It sounds like the 1940 campaign is more like deep battle then like bewegnungkrieg.
Hmmm... I'm still of thr impression that Germany's two best weapons in May 1940 was French command and French radio communication.